I’ve missed the last few Birmingham Social Media Cafes. This has been a mix of oversleeping (once) and being slightly put off by being cornered by estate agents wanting advice on using Twitter at past meetups.
This week, however, I decided to go along, get stuck in and learn the art of polite mingling!
It was a [...]
Bloggers are often considering to be inferior to “proper journalists”. Whether the argument is about training, or responsibility, impartiality or audience, they are often treated as second class citizens.
In reality, some hyperlocal sites are making excellent headway into their local council press offices, for example, to forge those links and get access to council meetings, [...]
As part of a series of pre-election session around the UK, Birmingham will tonight host a Question Time special at the City Inn.
On the panel:
Andrew Mitchell – Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Jacqui Smith – MP for Redditch and former Home Secretary
John Hemming – MP for Birmingham Yardley
Mark Reeves – Former Editor of the [...]
Thomson Reuters debate: What Price the News??
Intrusion. Payment. Scandal. Access. Ethics. Rights. Appetite. Celebrity. Obligation. Politics. Duty. Freedom. Harassment. Competition. Privacy. Security. Power. Press.
In the last few years the way in which we consume news has changed but so too have the practices of news gathering – stories of plagiarism, cash for news and harassment [...]
Nice Sunday morning reading … the 40 most controversial album covers since 2000
The usual suspects are all there – but I think it’s the Gong cover – nunber 5 – that has left a lasting impression (shudder)
See them on Gigwise …
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